Nature is not just for the affluent or young.
A trip outdoors can be a turn around the yard
To check the flowers for bugs
Or a look before bed at Venus or Jupiter.
Even small doses of the outdoors
Do the body and spirit a world of good.
The essays in this volume
Are loosely arranged spring to winter.
"They are generally quiet celebrations
of discovering what's out there...
with a few aggravations and irritations
thrown in for seasoning."
The author writes about East Tennessee
A ridge-and-valley region
Of woods and hayfields
Meadows and mountains
Backyards and gardens.